QUESTION: Six months ago I made a choice to either stop drinking or lose my family. My wife told me she had had enough and was going to leave and take our two young children with her. I made the choice of staying with my family, and frankly, I don’t miss the alcohol and our […]
People driving down Foothill Boulevard may have noticed a new mosaic over the front entrance to St. Bede the Venerable Roman Catholic Church. Many parishioners and others have questioned Monsignor Antonio Cacciapuoti, the pastor, asking if the mosaic is that of St. Bede. Monsignor Cacciapuoti explained that the person depicted is Jesus Christ and the […]
Forgiveness Series Offered Rev. Beverly Craig and Gary Bates, practitioner in training, will be facilitating a series of forgiveness classes on Wednesday nights, Aug. 15, 22 and 29. These classes are from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and a love offering will be collected. The topics are: Aug. 15 – Forgiving Others; Aug. 22 – […]
FREE WEIGHT LOSS SEMINARS AT GAMC The Center for Weight Loss at Glendale Adventist Medical Center is offering free seminars with board-certified physicians to discuss the safety and effectiveness of surgical and non-surgical weight-loss options during the summer months. The last in a series of free surgical option seminars isbeing held on Tuesday, Aug. 28. […]
By Susan JAMES Full disclosure: I’ve never seen Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 1990 version of “Total Recall,” so I have nothing to compare with director Len Wiseman’s current version. But I doubt if the Schwarzenegger take on a dystopian, post-apocalyptic world and the role of memory in shaping perception would have lingered in the popular culture if […]
Marvin Hamlisch, renowned composer of stage and screen, director of the Pasadena Pops, dies at 68. By Ted AYALA Marvin Hamlisch, the revered Broadway and film composer who had recently become a fixture on the local cultural landscape through his leadership of the Pasadena Pops, died unexpectedly on Monday at age 68. Hamlisch, according to […]
By Susan JAMES Despite the title, “The Bourne Legacy” under the direction of Tony Gilroy is trying to move the franchise on from Jason Bourne and reinvent it around another government medical experiment gone rogue named Aaron Cross. Cross is played with grim determination by Jeremy Renner but Matt Damon’s Bourne, the boyish, brain-washed assassin […]
The Junior League of Pasadena, Inc. (JLP) is holding two open houses for prospective members on Saturday, Aug. 18 from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. and on Saturday, Sept. 8 from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. at the League’s headquarters. Ladies from the Pasadena area and beyond interested in learning more about the League’s over […]
The Kiwanis Club of La Cañada Flintridge AM was recently recognized by the national club for its food pick-up service by club members. The AM club picks up the product from local markets and delivers it 365 days of the year to food centers that then distribute it to those in need. Shown is Rosemary […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Saturday, hair stylists at Bruce K. Smith Salon in La Cañada spent the day buzzing heads for a good cause. The second annual Buzzathon was in support of the Katherine Evans Scholarship Fund. Katherine was 14 years old on June 12, 2011 when she was attending an eighth grade graduation party. […]